London: England fast bowler James Anderson has become the first fast bowler in the world and the fourth overall to bowl more than 35,000 deliveries in Test cricket. Anderson reached this stage during the second Test cricket match being played between India and England at Lord’s.
Before Anderson, three spinners had achieved this feat by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (44,039 balls), India’s Anil Kumble (40,850), and Australia’s Shane Warne (40,705). In the fast bowlers, he is followed by West Indies Courtney Walsh (30,019 balls), England’s Stuart Broad (29,863), and Australia’s Glenn McGrath (29,248).
Broad has been ruled out of the current series against India due to injury. Anderson, playing his 164th Test match, has so far taken 621 wickets and is the third-highest Test wicket-taker behind Muralitharan (800) and Warne (708).
